Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:• Developments on the U.S.-proposed cease-fire deal for Lebanon• 90th birthday of Lebanese singer and legend, Fairuz Hochstein in Israel to relay Lebanese remarks on cease-fire deal draft: U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein arrived in Israel yesterday evening to convey Lebanon’s modifications to the latest cease-fire deal. Prior to his trip to Israel, Hochstein met for a second consecutive day with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, who said on Tuesday in an interview with Asharq al-Awsat that technical details in the truce would be worked before Hochstein’s departure from Beirut. Hochstein and the Lebanese officials he met expressed optimism over an imminent agreement, tempered by Berri’s...
Want to get the Morning Brief by email? Click here to sign up.Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024Compiled by Abbas Mahfouz. Some key things to watch today:• Developments on the U.S.-proposed cease-fire deal for Lebanon• 90th birthday of Lebanese singer and legend, Fairuz Hochstein in Israel to relay Lebanese remarks on cease-fire deal draft: U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein arrived in Israel yesterday evening to convey Lebanon’s modifications to the latest cease-fire deal. Prior to his trip to Israel, Hochstein met for a second consecutive day with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, who said on Tuesday in an interview with Asharq al-Awsat that technical details in the truce would be worked before Hochstein’s departure from Beirut. Hochstein and the Lebanese officials he met expressed optimism over an imminent agreement, tempered...